I'd say that Pacific was pretty much a completely original track which spawned a thousand copies/samples, and a new genre of music (Ambient House). Maybe there's a jazz influence, but what struck me about Pacific the first time i heard it was that it sounded like nothing else. The only element of Pacific i've wondered about is the bird sample, which also appears on 'Sueno Latino' - another classic track of the time (with a similar flavour). Anyone know who was first to use that sample?

My mate has a track on a compilation album from the early-mid 80's which has the sax bit in it! I'm trying to find out from him what it is. I remember reading an NME article years ago saying that Pacific was the bastard son of this particular song.

There were a few influences in that track
The tropical vibe was cioming from listening to stuff by Santana especialy a
track called Aspirations from the album
Borbolleta (warm chords and soprano sax (not like kenny G though)Thats certainly what I was thinking when I put the saxon it ,I didnt really play sax but my friend Howard walmsley had left it in the studio from a session earlier that day with Biting Tongues, The chords allready gave that warm vibe,They were done by sampleing a major 7th chord from the juno 106 into
the casio fz1 and then playing it off that,
The bird call seemed pretty obvious to us because of things like Martin Denny which
I was ramming down evryones throght at the time (a 1950s exotica artist from Hawaii)

also one of my favourite things that I urge
you to check out is My favourite things
by John Coltrane from the album selflessness
Thats when the soprano sax is at its best becuase it can be horrible in the wrong hands..Got to get that version though
music at its best ,like having your brain squeezed out ,cleaned and mixed with joy potion

Listening to their last album I think 808 State need to go back to the Manchester techno/ break beat sound and lay off the drum n' bass.
Lets take Slam Alein Radio for example, you could tell these blokes were influinced by the album Ex:cel, fused that sound with electro.
Do you agree?